Creel-frame for textile machinery.



E. GMINDER. GREEL FRAME FOR TEXTILE MAGHINERY.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 13,,1910.

1,010,746. I PatentedDec.5,1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN CO-,WASHINGTON, n. c.

E. GMINDE R.

GRBEL FRAME FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY.

,APIPLIOATION FILED 13120.13, 1910.

Patented D60. 5, 1911.

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CBEEIl-FR AI VIE FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Application filed December 13, 1910. Serial No. 597,116.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL GMINDER, a

subject of the King of Wurttemberg, and

quiredand at the same time increasing the out-put of the machine. Further according to this invention it is possible to substitute a new cop for a spent cop in a simple and expeditious manner, while at the same time obviating any possibility of the attendant overlooking the renewal of a spent copwhen required, thereby preventing the ma- -'chine from running partially empty.

According to this invention the creel frame is provided with a number of guides open at both ends and readily accessible, these guides receiving a plurality of slide pieces which hold the cops. These slide pieces are held within the guides by spring or other suitable means, so that when desired they may be readily pushed out of the guides.

may be inserted in the guide and thereby caused to push out the spent cop and its corresponding slide piece, and the spent cop may then be removed from itsspindle and a new cop fitted upon the spindle, and this is then ready for insertion in any one of the guides where required. The spindles carried by the slide pieces are preferably easily rotatable therein, so that in order to connect the lower end of the thread on one cop with the upper end of the thread from the next cop, the cops may berotated and the tying of the ends of the yarn thereby facilitated, after which the yarn between the cops may be tensioned by rotating the cops in the reverse direction. Opposite the cops and in the same plane therewith are provided a series of thread guides or cleaners open at one end for the insertion of the yarn, which passes there-through to a guide- When it is desired to renew a spent cop, a new one carried by a slide piece the other on the frame.

bar provided with means for tensioning the yarn as it comes from the cop.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, whereon is shown by way of example the preferred method of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 isa side View of the creel frame, Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged view, partly in section, Fig. 4 is a sectional end view thereof, Figs. 5 and 6 show a side elevation and cross-section respectively of a modifiedform of tensioning means for the yarn, and Fig. 7 is a view of a further modified arrangement for tensioning the yarn.

The creel frame is constructed of vertical posts a and transverse members I) secured thereto, and this frame-work carries a series of vertically arranged guides 0, brought as near to each other as possible, each of these guidesbeing open at its upper and lower ends and adapted to receive slide pieces d,

capable of being retained in position within the guide 0 by anysuitable spring means. Each of the slide pieces 0K carries a h0ri-' zontally projecting spindle f, upon which maybe fitted the cops 9, said spindles being capable of readily rotating and being removably secured to the slide pieces by means of split pins h, so that they may be exchanged if desired.

On the drawings the guide a is shown provided with four slide pieces carrying cops, these cops being arranged one above The yarn from the lower-most cop passes through a forked thread cleaner or catcher 2" open at its upper end and which is arranged in the plane of the four-cops,the thread passing therefrom to a guide rod is and over said guide rod to the winding machine or warping frame.

Each guide rod 70 carries a tension wire Z for the purpose of tensioning the yarn, as shown at Fig. 4C. This tensioning wire may be either securely fixed to the guide rod or it may be movable and may be in the form shown at Figs. 3 and 4 or in the form shown at Figs. 5 and 6 and may be brought into position for tensioning the yarn by rotating the guide rod is. If desired, the tensioning wires Z may be simultaneously brought into position by means of a rod n, connected to the individual tensioning wires by means of crank arms m, as shown at Fig. 7.

The lower end of the yarn upon one cop is tied to the upper end of the yarn from the next cop in the usual manner, so that when the first cop runs empty, the yarn passes direct from the next cop without any break in the supply. In order to enable the lower end of the yarn on the one cop to be readily drawn out, the spindles f are rotatably arranged in the slide pieces 0?. By the insertion of a new cop and slide piece into the upper end of the guide, the lower spent cop is ejectedand may be caught by the attendant. The spent cop may thereafter be removed from the spindle and re'placed by a new cop, after which this is ready for insertion into any one of the guides 0, where required. It will thus be seen, that it is almost impossible for the supply of yarn from one set of cops to give out before the attendant has had time to replace the spent cops.

If desired, the guides or slide pieces may be soconstructed that the heads of the cops are brought against one another, for example the guides 0 could be of curved, undulated, or other suitable form and they may be arranged in any desired position on the frame. According to this invention it is possible to simultaneously wind oif 500 yarns, which may take up only a very small space and 1t 1s also possible to arrange them 1n say five rows and therefore obviate working on the floor or at great heights.

Although only four cops are shown car ried by each guide, it will of course be readily seen that a more or less number may be carried by each guide according to requirements.

I claim:

1. In a creel frame for textile machinery, yarn supplying and replenishing means comprising a plurality of guides open at both ends and carried by the frame, and

slide-pieces slidable in said guides and each carrying a single yarn cop, said slide pieces being capable of insertion at one end in the guides so as to simultaneously eject the slide-pieces from the other end of the guides.

2. In a creel frame for textile machinery, yarn supplying and replenishing means comprising a plurality of guides open at bothends and carried by the frame, slidepieces slidable in said guides and a rotatable spindle carried by each of said slidepieces and upon which are fitted the yarn cops, said spindles remaining stationary during the winding off of the yarn but being rotated to facilitate the tying of the yarn on one cop to the yarn on the next cop and being rotated in the reverse direction to tension the yarn, and said slide-pieces being capable of insertion at one end in the guides so as to simultaneously eject the slide pieces from the other end of the guide.

3. In a creel frame for textile machinery, yarn supplying and replenishing means comprising a plurality of guides open at both ends and carried by the frame, slidepieces slidable in said guides and each carrying a single yarn cop, said slide=pieces being capable of insertion at one end in the guides so as to simultaneously eject the slide-pieces from the other end of the guides and a series of forked yarn guides arranged opposite each of said guides carried by the frame, said yarn guides being open at the end corresponding to that at which the slidepieces are inserted in the guides carried by the frame, so that the yarn may be inserted in said yarn guides.

4. In a creel frame for textile machinery, yarn supplying and replenishing means comprising a plurality of guides open at both ends and carried by the frame, slidepieces slidable in said guides and each carrying a single yarn cop, said slide pieces being capable of insertion at one end in the guides so as to simultaneously eject the slide-pieces from the other end of the guides, a series of forked yarn tensioning guides arranged opposite the guides carried by the frame, said tens'ioning guides being open at the end corresponding to that at which the slide pieces are inserted in the guides carried by the frame, and means for adjusting said tensioning guides.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

FRIDA K AIBER, ERNEST ENTENMANN.

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